The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-15

do such acts or make such deolara-
tons In iurtherance of tho common
purpose or design as did actually have
effect of encouraging, aiding or abet'
ting the crime In question:
"The solution Of the questions In.
volve an examination Of the evidence.
The first inquiry which naturally sug'
pcsts itself, ie: Wac made the bomb
which 4 lied Deganf' Here the opin'
ion goes into details upon various
kinds OF bombs, showing their con-
struction, etc., the connection and i'm
plication Of Heliger, Thiel, Hsmann
and other parties In their construc-
tiou, aud haally shows tho positive
guilt OF Lingg by comparison OF make
and material OF tho bombs fund In
HE possession and the p.eces taken
from the body Of Degso, tho chemical
ansly sis being the eeme. The opin.
ion then says;
"rhe record shows the exis.ence of
an organization known ~ tho Inter
national workingmen's Association
or the International Arbeiter AesociA'
tion, generally called the Iuternation.
al and sometimes designated from
brevity ~ ]. A. A. The platform or
d, clsration Of prime p - adop'e cd by
this organix alton wee puhitshtd by q
cert In bureau Of information and by
certain newspsppB called tho Alarm
aud the Arbeiler ZsltunR, which are
more particularly referred TO heresf'.
or. II appeared ell Tho issues ol the
latter paper daring the months OF
February, March and April, 1885,
urged that the present system under
wBich property 10 owned by lndivid.
uals should be destroyed, and that oil
capital which has been pro-
duced BY labor should be
transierrd Into oommunlstlo proper.
". l, says IL is only when capital Ia
made common aud indivisable that all
can be inside 10 pMtake fully aud
freely OF the fruits Of common activ.
iiy; only by the impos'ibility OF &C.
quiring capital can every one be tom
PEELED to work who claims the right 10
livs.' II chargts that the government,
the law, the schools, the churohes,
the press are In the pay and under the
sway Of the property owning and cap.
italistic classes, and that the laboring
classss must achieve their deliverance
through their own strength. The
platform thus addresses the working
men: "A, In former tine,,
no privileged class ever re-.
linquished It's tyranny. No more eau
We take Il for granted the capitalists
OF the present day will not iorego
their privileges and their authority
without compulslou. Ii is, therefore,
sclt evident that the right OF prolaia
rianism (the laboring clesses) against
the bourgeolse, the middle classes, IN ust
have q violent revolutionary charac-
ter, and that mere wsge cor u cts can
never lead 10 the goal. We oould show
by Numerous illustrations that all at
tempts which have been made In the
last to do away with tho exlstir 4
monstrous social system through
pesceable meant -.or example, through
the ballot boI-have been entirely
useless, and will be 90 In the
future. ws know, therefore, tina,
the ruling class will not voluu.
tarily relinquish their prerogative and
will make no CONCESSIONS. rnerefor:
u 10 our right, II Ia our duty, say
jefferson, 10 arm yourself Agitation
with q view to Organization for tn
purpose Of rebellion, herein 10 In
| tiicsssd IN few vorts, the way wblcl
workipgmen must take n they woul,
rid themselves OF their chains. IL Il
here admitted that the properly ol
each individual In the community
could not be taken away from
him aud put into q common
fund TO be divided among all the
members II the communal y, with
ont q resort TO revolution and force.
The way TO the result sought 10
he reached by the international pat.
form here referred 10 leads through
the crimes Of robbery, theft and mur-
der, TO tho destruction OF tho ,Iisting
system OF social order, and Of all the
laws and Institutions upon which the
system 10 based. The associAl ION
whose principles are thus outlined la
its platform was divided Into groupe,
of which there we're thirty In the
u lated States In March, 1885, located
principally In the oities Of industry
For some lime prior 10 May I, 1856,
there was n number OF thosa groups
In Chicago. The prtc ding afternoon
In the southeastern part Of the city
bad been mainly melted by q spec oh
| delivered ~ some Lumber showers
on tho Black Road by the defendant
/ a a. -. -. nA...w.I A. A.. a. 4.
mos Hctlve spirit at the HAymsrket
meeting. Coples OF the revenge circu
lar end Of the hsndbill prepared by
the defendant Fischer had fallen into
the hands Of the police. A rumor hal
also come 10 their headquarters that
II was the Intention OF the parties at
the Haymsrket meeting 10 proceed 10
some neishborips railroad freight
house where non.union laborers we're
employed and blow them mp In the
air. All this was reported 10 the on !.
oer In command OF the force at the Des-
plsines O rect station that the defend.
ant fielden, who vss then speaking,
bad lost used the following language /:
"You have nothing more 10 do With
the Law, except 10 lay hands on H.,
throttle II, kill II, do everything you
can 10 wound II, " and that the use Of
these words bad produced grsM ex.
element and oaussd . noisy demon
stration around the wagon. Upon the
reception Of this report the officers In
command decided upon the dispersion
Of the meeting, and his men made the
movement for that purpose, 90 already
stated. Az soon ss the order 10
dlspepe was given the dsf,ndant
Fieldsn descended from the wagon,
making nee Of the wofds, We arc
peacesble.. Wheiaer or not these
words we're uttered % tbs Rng ish
quivslsnt Of the Gsrman word
'Iuhe, which meant ptace, tbs owl.
depoe does not show. Certain n Ia
Inst no sooner had Fielden said We
are peaoeable' than q bomb exploded,
ard In a few seconde thereafter a vol.
lfy OF shots were hed.
"In the city Of Chicago ware 5000 OF
these armed socialists, Of whom the
defendant Parsons tten said that they
we're veil armed With riflss and ~.
yolvers, and would have dynamite and
bomb. when they got ready to use